Hi Everybody

My Name is Patrick. I have been communicating with Aaron about topics better suited to the developers list. Here is a little about me, what I can do and what I can't do yet.

I buy, rebuild and resell spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation used in laboratories. I am determined to write an open source instrument control/data processing App for the instrumentation I sell. I have written a few simple Python scripts for my customers, so that they could control robotic instrumentation through the serial port but nothing too fancy yet.

I would like to fine tune Inkscape's DXF export capabilities so that I can use it as a CAD program. I could use Qcad for this but I would rather stick to Inkscape. I bet it could be provide simple CAD abilities with a little tweaking.

I presently program in Python only but I am going to get myself up to speed with C/C++ as soon as possible. My abilities are limited. I cannot provide any assistance with the graphics end of things. Perhaps I could help with real world device control. I am hoping to write a Linux based vinyl cutter control App.

I hope my simple skills can be put to use within the Inkscape community.

Thanks-Patrick